And All Would Cry Beware!

Ten out of ten on the presentation scale easily. Anything that recalls early era PSX titles (i.e. [i]King's Field[/i]) makes me extremely happy, and this one nails it perfectly, complete with cheesy synth and sample soundtrack. It does, however, desperately needs a lesson in show not tell; endless, lengthy, front-loaded text logs do not befit an abstract FPS like this whatsoever, and while no one is playing this for the story, the hypnagogic atmosphere screams for something better than what we're given.

Cool little metroidvania

This would have been interesting as a student project released for free on Itch. It's a poorly executed FPS that clearly had a lot of heart behind it, and is mainly here to tell a story. As a shooter, platformer and "metroidvanian", it fails for a lot of reasons that I'm sure Renegade Sector has grown past by now. The music is alright, the overall look is unique and interesting, and it does a lot with a pretty abstract story idea and very few assets. I think if Samuel Taylor Coleridge saw a video game, he would simply take more laudanum.

I'm reluctant to leave a negative review for a tiny solo-dev project like this... but the game is just not particularly good. It's not bad either, but there's nothing particularly good or interesting about it. Honestly, I was hoping for something much weirder.

Engaging plot, fun mechanics, short but sweet. Didn't expect the plot to be as interesting as it was, there were some fun twists and reveals I won't spoil here. Wish I saw games like this more often, definitely going to check out the other TotRS titles. Took me 3 1/2 hours to get all of the achievements. Some criticism: [spoiler] The flame orb is far too overpowered, and far too easy to get. beat the last boss with it in under 30 seconds. Some parts of the game are heavily laggy. [/spoiler]

calling your game a metroidvania and fullpricing it just 7 bucks less than hollow knight is ballsy when your game is an hour long, the only metroidvania elements are that different doors need different guns to open, there are 3 enemies the music sucks and its just a tiresome pretentious experience even on sale for 3 bucks its kinda iffy